A nonmedical specialty concerned with examining, a person’s eyes for refractory problems and correcting them by fitting eye glasses, optometrist; ophthalmology.
The testing of eyes and prescribing of lenses to correct sight.
Practice of testing the eyes for visual acuity and prescribing corrective lenses or other visual aids.
The branch of science which deals with measurement of vision and the effects of lenses and prisms on vision. Optometry is not a branch of medicine.
The science of dealing with visual measurement and correction with eyeglasses, other visual aids, and prisms.
The process of evaluating eyesight to determine the necessity for corrective measures such as glasses or contact lenses, performed by an optometrist. Eye conditions that are more complex might necessitate treatment from an ophthalmologist.